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Posted 10/22/2014 9:50 PM (GMT 0)
about to try this... can anyone recommend a reliable brand? I am flaring again after a year of remission.
Posted 10/23/2014 12:03 AM (GMT 0)
there you are !

sorry you're back with bad news :-(

have you had success trying to avoid foods that could be bothering mistriss colon ?

Post Edited (soystud) : 10/22/2014 6:18:49 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/23/2014 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
As far as I know there are only two brands of DAO - Histame, which has DAO plus another ingredient, and the DAO I purchase online from Swanson, which only has DAO in it. I think it works terrific at countering histamines in foods but I doubt it will bring you out of a flare unless your flare is only caused by high histamine foods. Mine helps considerably with foods but I have tried to take it regularly to "cure" my UC and it basically did nothing, other than countering the histamine in the foods I was eating but I still have UC.
Posted 10/23/2014 5:56 AM (GMT 0)
Hey, guys!! How are you and your colons? I'm back with the start of a flare! Noooo!!!! Ironically, I'm scheduled for an overdue colonoscopy on Monday. :(. I need advice - how do I stop this???

I went to the local Vitamin Shoppe today and they didn't have any DAO so I checked Amazon....too many choices. The Swanson with nothing added sounds good.

What made me think of this is that I have tons of allergies and I take a daily antihistamine which seems to do nothing. I've had rashes and bumps and super itchy for weeks now. To me it seems like leading up to this flare my allergies have been very bad. My first flare (the one that lasted two years) started in October and now this is starting in October. Seasonally-related?
Posted 10/23/2014 6:32 AM (GMT 0)
Could be. DAO is harmless so it doesn't hurt to try but if you look up the foods you have been eating and they aren't high in histamines then the DAO isn't going to help at all.
Posted 10/23/2014 11:40 AM (GMT 0)
There seems to be correlation too, although I don't have that much bad issue with seasonal allergies. This is second or third flare that started in October for me.

Have you looked into sprouted green peas DAO?
Posted 10/23/2014 12:44 PM (GMT 0)
I don't take DAO or know anything about it, but I know enough about supplements in general to say that DAO in Histame might be far superior to the DAO in Swanson's Daosin product.

I have been taking tons of supplements all my life and learned that sometimes what a pill doesn't contain is just as important than what is in the pill. Many people find supplements intolerable because of all of the extra ingredients and crap like Propylene glycol, magnesium stearate, and maltodextrin that is contained in most pills.

Look at their labels and judge for yourself:

Other ingredients in Histame:
cellulose, water.
Histame also contains a small amount of vitamin C and calcium carbonate which is not harmful, some people even supplement to get more of it.

Other ingredients in Swanson's DAOsin:
Daosin beadlets [microcrystalline cellulose (plant fiber), sucrose, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), rice starch, acid-resistant coating, hydroxypropylcellulose, polyvinylpolypyrrolidone, hydrated magnesium silicate, corn starch, carboxymethylcell-ulose, glycerol], hypromellose (vegetable capsule).

www.iherb.com/Naturally-Vitamins-Histame-Food-Intolerance-Support-30-Capsules/38748?gclid=CNukr7fjwsECFWkV7AodO1UAhQ

www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-ultra-daosin-300-mcg-30-caps#label
Posted 10/23/2014 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
yikes !

yes please, i'll have some more hydroxypropylcellulose -
Posted 10/23/2014 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
Did you just say hydroxypropylcellulose? Maybe I should order a bottle or two of that by itself.
Posted 10/23/2014 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, IamCurious...Ok, I'll try Histame. I have a major hunch my body is overloaded with histamine.
Posted 10/23/2014 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
Deltaforce, I'll look into the sprouted green peas...thanks for the suggestion. Why do you think you flare in October?
Posted 10/23/2014 5:01 PM (GMT 0)
Because of the season change and a drop in temperature, we keep our windows closed. We live in a tiny (crappy) apartment that doesn't have a forced exhaust system. Windows being closed, the humidity gets trapped in the apartment, making it conducive for mold growth.

I suspect, those spores trigger some kind of not-easily-noticeable immune response, that further manifests as a UC flare or pretty bad dry cough or both together.
Posted 10/23/2014 5:06 PM (GMT 0)
"Did you just say hydroxypropylcellulose? Maybe I should order a bottle or two of that by itself."


LOL - i think you're on to something mad :-)
Posted 10/23/2014 6:44 PM (GMT 0)
Madpotter: Please let us know your results. I never tried Histame but it had many good reviews, as did Swansons.
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